Baytown Weather Brings 52 Degree Night Grips City
Baytown residents awoke to a 52 degree night as a northern weather front draped the area with blanket cold. Chester Rogers, local forecaster, logged a high around 48 while Houston’s weather bureau pegged the day’s peak near 74. A mild warmup is forecast for Friday with 77 degrees and higher by Saturday.
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Baytown
Sidney
Baylown
Chester Rogers
Weather Bureau
Houston
Eisenhower Recovery Report After Heart Attack
President Eisenhower described as refreshed and cheerful in hospital bed on his 5th birthday after heart attack. Memie Eisenhower ends 19 day vigil, signaling progress toward recovery while Houston mayor hopeful Oscar Hotcombe files for re election. Kobe Japan to American traveler reports food shortages in Shanghai as detentions loosen.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Houston
Oscar’ Hotcombe
Gray Fox
Kobe
Japan
Shanghai
Howard L. Cappy Ricks
Lydlia
Memie Eisenhower
President Eisenhower
Undefeated Ganders Face Orange In Classic Battle
About 8,000 fans expected for Memorial Stadium Friday night as undefeated Ganders host winless Orange in a unique football showdown. Key players listed include Lynn Dogley 20 Lynn 88 Darrel Sohison 6 Turns 89 Garlas Worley 5 and Lucas Megas 42. Lee suffers injuries to five starters while Orange fields replacements including Cartes Worley at 260 pounds. Co captain John Tubbe may miss game with 301 yards in four games. Wesley Hicks fills in but may be sidelined. Radio KREU will broadcast with Thil Ransopher at the mic.
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Tom Murray
Sun Sports
Memorial Stadium
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Lavist
Bengal
Orange
KREU
Thil Ransopher
John Tubbe
Tubbe
Cartes Worley
Wesley Hicks
Beaumont
Hicks
Ganders
Tilman O'Brien
Arethur Butaud
Armon McManus
Baytown Road Survey Completed by Texas Highway Dept
The Texas Highway Department completed an origin and destination traffic survey in Baytown Texas Thursday afternoon. Reports will be sent to Austin for analysis and a final report within three months. Findings will influence planned state throughfares and traffic routes in Baytown including Market Street and area arterial roads.
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Texas Highway Departments
Baytown Res
Uml
Austin
Suyt Port Tunnel
Chavity
Market Street
Dy Town
Sun Spots Come To Pow Wow In Cleveland
St Johns Methodist church invites attendance at the Indian Pow-Wow in Cleveland on Saturday with admission at 9 am. Mrs Sam Carroll leads Ute Women’s Society of Christian Service and picnic lunches will be brought. Texas Poetry Day activities include sermons and poetry posters in Baytown schools. McCamus Moving plans noted as Ralph McCamrough writes they will relocate to Grand Prairie. Continued on Days Two.
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ST. John's
Methodist ‘Church
Cleveland
Sam Carroll
Ute Womiin
Society of Christian Service
Hobart Noch
Texas Council of
Baytown
McCamus
Ralph McCamss
Grand Prairie
Dallas
Fort Worth
Dags
Rayford Strickland
Kibby
Dallaxs
Joe Leashenwood
Strickland Iow
O Progress
the Sun
Firat Day
Lncky
Prentchy Broussard Takes Out In Afternoon Drive
Around Town notes a sequence of local scenes including Prentchy Broussard driving an afternoon ride with sal Jay in sunlight. Eddie Krenick wins in Liberty. Frank Cutbirth remarks on rodeo at Muntsville. Mrs T B Ball searches for granddaughter, Selber hosts a picnic with friends, and Jac Vopar awaits PV antenna repair.
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Prenchy
Broussard
Sal Jay
Eddie Krenick
Liberty
Frank Cutbirth
Muntsville
Comeaux
Hersche
Dib" Pumphrey
Raytown
Humble Aims to Cut 98 Percent Acid Vapors
A Humble refining project targets removing 98 percent of sulfur dioxide vapors from Baytown atmosphere. Three quarters of the goal is already achieved with plant installations. remaining work is planned at the refinery. A Dudley talk at Galveston outlined the effort and related studies by W A Quebedeaux, H Q Henkel, Ruth Patrick and others.
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Humble
Baytown
A. R. Dudley
Humble’ Fining Technical Service div J
Sal
South Texas
The
America Testitute of Chemical Engineers
Galveston
Dudley
W. A A. Quebedeaux
Barris County Health
H. Q. Henkel
Victoria du Pont
Ruth Patrick
Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia
Two Refinery Men Suffer Injuries In Falls On Job
Two Baylowry refiners were treated at San Jacinto Memorial hospital for serious injuries after falls at work. Theo Waldrep of 211 Bolster fell fifteen feet from a fattening platform when a board shifted, fracturing his right arm and a back vertebra. Oran Williamson of Channelview, both painters, was painting a roof when the accident happened. Williamson grabbed a rescuer and belt to escape. Charles G. Parsley of 231 East Back slipped in mud in the refinery process department, breaking his hip after his shoe heel caught on a curb.
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Theo
Waldrap
Bolster
Waldrep Silid
Oran ‘Williamson
Channelview
Williamson
Charles G. Parsley
East Dack
United Fund Leaders Urge Groups To Seek E Award
Baytown fund drive leader WJ Stricker urges employe groups to reach the E award in the United Fund campaign. As of Friday $57,050.97 was raised, including $50,999.47 by Baytown Refinery employees. The 1955 goal is $131,125. Brick masons at the refinery crossed the threshold when foreman Eddie Boydell mailed a contribution from Florida. The Red Feather drive funds support the Thrift Exchange providing school lunches.
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Sub Jones
Baytown
United Fund
Fund Drive
WJ. Stricker
Strickler
Grap
Ledrick Q Masons
Eddie Boydell
Florida
Boydell
Red Feather
Charlie Caldwell
Lee Band Halftime Drill With Fire Batons At Memovist
The Lee Band plans a halftime display at Memovist Stadium with red and white flashlights and colored fire batons. A Confederate tunes program accompanies the drill while a “V” formation sweeps Memorial field. Betty Jo White and Linda Chaplin assist as corps director and lieutenant for the day.
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Memovist Stadium
Robert EB. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Lee
J. C. Burkett
Memorial Field
Linda Chaplin
Marilen Spears
Dai
Betty Jo White
Civil Defense Office Moves to Minnesota Street
The Baytown Civil Defense office on Ashbel Street will relocate to the old fire station on Minnesota Street, City Manager C Darwin Middleton said Friday. The move aims to minimize disruption as crews rearrange space in the building shared with Army Reenacting and other departments.
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Baytown
Space Ship Set for Mars Trip at Scouts Circus
A four foot by fifteen foot helium dirigible balloon will lift from Humble Park on Saturday night as part of a Boy Scout circus at 7 p.m. The mock space ship, a show feature about Scouts of the Future on the planet Mars, will rise to 100 feet with spotlights simulating a voyage. Larry Leftout is billed to enter the craft before departure, with a second prop noted on page two.
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Mars
New Mexico
Larry Leftout
Rooks
Flaming Plane Or Meteor Sighted Over Chambers County
Baytown residents and Chambers County observers reported a flaming object streaking across the sky around 10 a.m. Friday. Some believed it was a meteor, others a jet plane, with witnesses near Baytown Humble and Monroe City noting smoke and a possible explosion in the area between Hankamer and Monroeville, and reports extending toward High Island. Officials searched for wreckage but found nothing decisive.
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Baytown
Chambers County
Chambers
Sheriff's Y
Jamison
Sidney
Kelley
Martin
Bill Summers
San Jacinto
Mon
Monroe ‘City
Louis Bruce
Monroe City
Hankamer
Mon- Too City
High Island
Boat Racer H L Gibbs Dies At 56
Hugh Lee Gibbs aged 56, a famed boat racing enthusiast and early outboard motor innovator, died at 4 35 p m Thursday in Houston. He and his brother Ray built early motors, helped organize Old River Lake races, and raced with Baytown figures including Mayor R H Pruett. Funeral services 예정 Saturday at SetLegast Kopr drawing room.
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Hugh Lee Gibbs
J. W. Carroll
Baytown
Houston
Gibbs
Ray Gibbs
R. H. Pruett
Lloyd Shepherd
Ioe Afrey
Buddy Pruett
Fames Leschenger
Kopr
Neal Dbd. Cannon
St. Paul's Methodist Church of Houston
Forest Park Cemetery
Hubert C. Clark Jr
Dallas
Carroll
Mes
D.H. Warley
J. H. Barrow
M. L. Daenger
Hous- Loz
Humble Baytown Terminal Opens With Open House
Humble's new Baytown Products Terminal on Decker Drive opens Saturday with an open house from 9 am to 4 pm. Local manager Joe Spivey and a staff of 32 invite the public, Humble dealers, and family members to inspect the facility. The plant includes bulk sales, van package, and light products divisions serving Baytown and surrounding areas, with 13 commission agents and 39 contract dealers in the region. A modern tank loading rack operates at 450 gallons per minute, with meters and pumps managed by drivers.
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Humble
Baytown
Decker Drive
Joe Spivey
Houston
Fr. W. Ferguson
Frank A. Watts
C. Sect
Southeastern
Huumbie
Texas
Light Products
Mumble
Asso Wea
Hiumble
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Civil Defense
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Robert E. Lee Ganders
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Shanks
Larry
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Ronnie RT
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Walker
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John
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Peddy
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Dotson
Donald
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Martell
Ronnie
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